70 pupils led to safety after fire at Sale primary school

Pupils were evacuated from lessons after a fire in a school classroom. Around 70 youngsters at St Joseph's Primary, on Marlborough Road, Sale, had to escape when a light fitting caught fire on Wednesday.

Pupils were evacuated from lessons after a fire in a school classroom.

Around 70 youngsters at St Joseph's Primary, on Marlborough Road, Sale, had to escape when a light fitting caught fire on Wednesday.

It is believed a power surge caused an electrical fault in one of the classroom's light fittings.

Firefighters from Sale station were called at 2.40pm and spent 20 minutes finding the faulty light, switching off the power to the classroom and using a thermal image camera to ensure the fire was out.

Rhodri Jones, a firefighter from Sale station, said: "It was stopped before it got out of hand. The school did its evacuation drill and it was 15 or 20 minutes before it was safe for pupils to go back inside."

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